I second the TP one, my oldest used to put tons in there lol. My toddler just wants to unroll it, all over the place.

We made a new rule this week. For the 22 month old. No matter how much you love the baby, when he is in his bouncy seat, no laying on top of his to hug / kiss him. Same goes if he is in the swing, no swinging with him.
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We are in the middle of this issue with my 2yo dd. She likes to a) unroll it all, b) put it ALL in the toilet, c) run around the house dragging it behind her, d) dry her hands on it, e) poop on the rug and clean it up with toilet paper (I swear she waits until I take her diaper off for the bath and immediately runs into the bedroom to poop. I like letting her be naked, but it's getting to be a constant routine!). The other day I was in the bedroom and heard her saying "no! no!" and came into the bathroom to see her unrolling the tp. Somehow I don't think the intended message is getting through...

No eating food out of the trash can
No need to wipe your butt until it bleeds
No pulling mom's public hair while in the shower (has lead to mommy showering ALONE!)
No feeding the baby dirt

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How about 'your fingers do NOT go in MOMMY'S mouth!!' (my 12 mo old has an obsession lately with sticking his fingers in my mouth, dont ask me why but it's a favorite before-bed while snuggling game and it drives me CRAZY!)

fortunatley I have found if I shut my mouth real tight he tries again but then he will just look, smile and give up.....

I don't really know WHY that drives me insane it just does.

I liked 'paper is not a good snack' I would like to add that neither are the plastic wires that hold the toy in the box, or a piece of styrofoam cup (we were at a hotel)......neither is MOMMY'S CELL PHONE ANTENNA!

I really hope I never have to tell my son that pooping in the tub is not funny or that his butt does not need a pacifier..........

And I have a new one inspired by the neighbor kids--NO DUMPSTER DIVING!! (I live in a little 9 apartment building across from an elementary school so a couple kids that age live here and today they were playing in the newspaper recycle dumpster.....I came in and told DH I have a new aspiration in life--to be an attentive enough parent to know and go out and STOP MY KID if he is DUMPSTER DIVING....eww....LOL)

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Our DD is very dramatic. Always has been. She and her father create all these "Backyard Thespians Productions" (little plays, skits, songs, dances, etc).

She went through a phase where she pretended to faint (dramatically! - hand to the forehead, eyes rolling up, "Ooooh!") during dinner. It progressed to death scenes. Long, overly dramatic, really funny death scenes, complete with willing her earthly posessions to her father and I.

Yes, they were hilarious. The first several times. And then they moved more towards disruptive interruptions to a family dinner.

Gee, now I miss them, ha ha. DD is nine now. She still does "Backyard Thespians Productions". Sometimes they grow to include neighbor kids, ha ha. And yes, we're letting her explore dance, music and acting just as much as we can.

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This is the greatest! Here are ours (some repeats I noticed, glad to see I'm in good company)
-You can only touch your own penis!
-Only "drink" your brother's "baba" (breastmilk) if he OKs it
-No pooping in the yard, EVER!
-No pooping on the front porch or the back porch
-No laughing when someone poops in the yard (or does another known illegal act)
-Do not ask your brother to bite you and then tattle on them
-Only talk about poop if whomever your talking to says they don't mind
-You have to talk or scream or yell everytime we are outside
-Please do not go outside naked to greet company (my 5yr old actually GOT nakie, wasn't already undressed, when my grandma came over and ran out to the street and greeted her!)
-Don't "wag" your naked butt at me, it's rude!
-When at other people's houses shut the door when you go potty, and wait until you get to the bathroom to undress
-Don't ask your brother to bite you and then tattle on him (it's mean)
-Sit down in shopping cart, and buckle seatbelts or we won't go anywhere (I really enforce that one)
-Wash hands every time we come home, and EVERY time you go poop
-mommy is the only one in the house allowed to do the wiping
-No putting mommy's nipple in your ear during naptime babas (it's ok during any other time were he's not supposed to sleep) (It's really a strange thing I think, anyone else's kid had a weird nursing quirck like this?)

wow that's alot of rules! didn't realize we had so many, I'm sure there is more too. Maybe I should eaze off on some.....nah!

NO you may not have a SHOWER by climbing in the dishwasher with the dishes!!

(I had some major dishwashing to do today, ran it twice, and discovered DS is OBSESSED with taking the KNIVES (of course the BIGGEST SHARPEST ONE) out of the silverware thing. When he figured out that was NOT going to be allowed, he attempted to climb INTO the dishwasher LMAO!)

oh and another newly-enforced rule
If you are going to bite Mommy, you may not continue to sit with Mommy. (I think he's teething, either that or it's the joy of having 2 teeth on top and 2 on the bottom...he is OBSESSED with BITING lately. Arms, thighs, whatever he can get.) Maybe it's a little mean, but I refuse to spank him or anything like that, and I've been saying 'NO' and "NO biting, that hurts!' for a good couple weeks, so now just tonight I decided that if he's going to bite while sitting on my lap, I'm going to put him down. Hopefully, EVENTUALLY he will get the idea.

Oh and one more--ONLY water in your juice bottle if you are not in your highchair!
(DS hates sippy cups. Regular open cups make a gigant-o mess. I have just discovered what works really well--those little plastic Gerber juice bottles. I get WIC, they give us a dozen a month. He loves drinking straight out of them and the opening is small enough he can do it without a mess. I'm pretty stingy with the juice, but I have cups with lids so I can dump the juice in one of those in the fridge and ration it out. The rest of the time, he can have the little bottle with water. Fortunately, he likes ice water. The only-water-unless-you're-at-the-table rule got invented tonight after he took a drink from the bottle and then proceeded to accidentally pour it all over the light couch!) He IS only 12 months old, he flipped his arm back not realizing that would make him dump the water he was holding all over the couch!

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And just in the last day or two...
"yes baby, I KNOW attempting to feed yourself with a spoon is a fun new skill and you want to practice, but PLEASE do NOT attempt it with a dirty spoon you just dug out of the dishwasher thing while Mama's trying to load it!"

(phrased to 12 mo old DS more like "No, no, YUCK!!" followed by taking the pilfered spoon)

And "I KNOW you are getting your lateral incisors (the teeth next to the two middle ones on top) but if you need to bite something....PLEASE FIND A TOY!!" (rather than random body parts of the nearest person...)

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(This rule isn't really working. Yesterday she grabbed hold of the dirty diaper and dragged it, poop side down, all along her leg and belly. And then peed. It was the kind of thing where there was no hope but to pick her up under the armpits, hold her at arms' length, and march right up to the bathtub for a bath. All the wipes in the WORLD wouldn't have helped.)

When her gastric reflux was at its height, to the point that she had stopped gaining weight, we had the rule "Milk stays in the baby." She didn't follow that one either.

First of all, I have to share one that's not mine. My little cousin was LEAPING through the air from the coffee table and landing loudly on the floor. (They have neighbors below.) His father yells, NO JUMPING!!! We thought that was reasonable, but then he continued......ONTO THE FLOOR, use the couch! He's a extreme yeller. We were like, huh? Guess you had to be there....

*to the boys...If you don't hear water, then it isn't going IN the water! Pee before you sit. (They are trying to pee while pooping.)
*All stickers are not for peeling!
*Do not attach yourself to my butt, with my shirt over your head. I may fall over you and my threads are popping!
*Please don't hold onto my bra. Try my arm. (18mo on hip)